Saw this & thought it might be of interest .... as for me, I’m still going to be doing tomatoes the “old fashioned” way this year.
Grafted Vegetables – The Future of Vegetable Gardening?
https://viettes.wordpress.com/2015/03/06/grafted-vegetables-the-future-of-vegetable-gardening/
Thanks for link. While it’s an interesting topic, I too will stick with the old fashioned way, as well as some of the really old fashioned varieties.
One of the two dozen garden magazines is offering grafted tomatoes.
Why for I’m not sure.
LOL! Now that’s just weird!... but interesting enough to print out!
When I saw you mention grafted tomatoes, I thought you meant these:
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/graft-potato-tomato-plant-together-52381.html
Actually, you do not have to buy whole grafted plants, which are really quite expensive. You can just make your own.
I bought some graft rootstock seeds on ebay. Really cheap! The plants that grow from these seeds have crappy fruit, but have excellent root systems, thick, strong trunks, heightened disease resistance and vigorous growth.
I’m in the process of growing these along with my heirlooms and will graft these on sometime this week. I can say that the rootstock is growing TWICE as fast as my heirlooms!
Now you can buy fancy cutters and grafting clips and all that, but I’m just going to use a sharp Exacto knife and some loose clothespins. I hope it works!
I’ll let you all know how it goes if you ping me to subsequent threads.